Quinn Slobodian
Quinn Slobodian | |
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 Quinn Slobodian in 2023. | |
| Born | 1978 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of International History, Boston University |
| Children | 1 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | New York University Lewis & Clark College |
| Thesis | (2008) |
| Doctoral advisor | Molly Nolan |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th & 21st century |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Wellesley College Free University Berlin Harvard University |
| Main interests | Modern European history International history |
| Website | www |
Quinn Slobodian (born 1978) is a Canadian historian specialising in modern Germany and international history. He is currently Professor of International History at Boston University.[1] Previously, he was the Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas at Wellesley College and a Residential Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.[2]
He is the author of the books Foreign Front: Third World Politics in Sixties West Germany (2012),[3] Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (2018),[3] and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy (2023).[4]
Biography
[edit]Slobodian was born in 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta.[5] His father was a doctor.[5] The family moved to Vancouver Island in 1981, and relocated to Lesotho in Southern Africa a few years later.[5] They left for Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean in 1992, and returned to Canada a year later.[5]
He studied history at Lewis & Clark College, graduating in 2000, and was awarded his PhD by New York University in 2008.[6]
He is a co-editor of Contemporary European History.[7]
He was the Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas at Wellesley College and a Residential Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.[2] He is Professor of International History at Boston University.[1]
He has written the books Foreign Front: Third World Politics in Sixties West Germany (2012),[3] Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (2018),[3] and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy (2023).[4]
Publications
[edit]As writer:
- Foreign Front: Third World Politics in Sixties West Germany, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012.
- Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
- Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, New York: Metropolitan, 2023.
As editor:
- Comrades of Color: East Germany in the Cold War World, New York: Berghahn Books, 2015.
- Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, with Dieter Plehwe and Philip Mirowski, New York and London: Verso, 2020.[8]
- Market Civilizations: Neoliberals East and South, with Dieter Plehwe, New York: Zone, 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Quinn Slobodian | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Quinn Slobodian's CV - Wellesley's College" (PDF). June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Spiro, Liat (21 March 2018). "Global Histories of Neoliberalism: An Interview with Quinn Slobodian". Toynbee Prize Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ a b Denvir, Daniel (28 February 2024). "The Libertarians Who Dream of a World Without Democracy". Jacobin. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d Jacobson, Gavin (15 April 2023). "Fantasies and fever dreams". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "International Students and Scholars: Alumni Profiles". Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Philip Mirowski; Dieter Plehwe; Quinn Slobodian (eds.). "Nine Lives of Neoliberalism". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Steinmetz-Jenkins, Daniel (11 October 2023). "The Market Radicals Who Want to Put an End to Democracy". The Nation. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
External links
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